Born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 1970, Kambi first started to draw because of an argument he and with his friend Gibson. They exchanged caricatures of each other, competing with pen and paper for many years. By the end of primary school, they were both nominated as best artists of the school. After finishing secondary school, Kambi was chosen by a Belgian company to go to Kampala, Uganda, where for three years he worked as an artist. After that he returned to Tanzania where he met the famous East African artist, Mohamed Raza, and his son. “They taught me a lot about art and painting.”